[Talk-ca] bicycle network in Quebec: the Route Verte

[Sam Vekemans]

re: tagging
feel free to take a lead on it, the system looks good to me.

and ya, the cyclemap usually takes a week for something to render and
much longer for the ncn as its viewable from space.


cheers,
sam

On 8/7/10, Daniel Tremblay <tremblad at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have found this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FR:Route_verte
>
> It doesn't specify the type of network to apply (NCN vs RCN).  Maybe it
> should be added (once decided).
>
> This page also suggest that the following tags applied:
>
> *Type de voies* *Clef* *Valeur*  Bande cyclable cycleway lane  Accotement
> pavé cycleway lane  Chaussée désignée bicycle designated  Piste
> cyclable highway
> cycleway  Sentier polyvalent highway path
> I also use cycleway=track when the "piste cyclable" is separated from the
> road but just beside it.  I use highway=cycleway when it does not follow the
> road.  Does that make sense?  Is so, maybe the wiki page should be modified
> to reflect this ...
>
> Comments?
>
>
>
> Daniel
>
> Mon blog: http:\\daniel.art.over-blog.com
> Facebook: http://fr.facebook.com/people/Daniel_Tremblay/1323011538
>
>
>
> 2010/8/7 Daniel Tremblay <tremblad at gmail.com>
>
>> When I look at the cyclemap, I see red lines (NCN) and light blue lines
>> (RCN) for the Route Verte.  I also see red lines tagged as RCN (I suspect
>> that the cyclemap rendering has not been updated for a while - my changes
>> made almost 3 weeks ago are not still there).
>>
>> There was a discussion 2 years ago about "Biking network in Canada":
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/talk-ca@openstreetmap.org/msg00044.html
>>
>> Now, I would like to document the Route Verte #5 between Quebec and
>> 3-Rivières.
>>
>> Do we tag the Route Verte as NCN or RCN?
>>
>> For me,
>> Route Verte is National.
>> Regional are route within a region (like La piste Dansereau-La Liseuse
>> between Ste-Catherine de la Jacques-Cartier and Pont-Rouge or the St-Henri
>> /
>> Armagh new cycleway).
>> LCN are within a municipality.
>>
>> But I will go with the group (as long as we are consistent ...).
>>
>> Maybe the subject has already been discussed and decided.  If so, is it
>> documented somewhere?
>>
>> Thank you ...
>>
>> PS: Ça me fait drôle d'expliquer ma patente en anglais ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> Mon blog: http:\\daniel.art.over-blog.com
>> Facebook: http://fr.facebook.com/people/Daniel_Tremblay/1323011538
>>
>>
>


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